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Chris Williams
Personal blog · voodootikigod.comprogrammingculture
Chris Williams writes voodootikigod, a personal blog at voodootikigod.com about programming and culture. Since 2008, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “ PromoteJS, Sustainability in Computer Science, and Deep Honesty”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers point to Chris Williams's blog, which he writes as creator of JSConf, as a source of conference-organizing advice. One commenter says about three-quarters of his posts have something useful for organizers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Writing by Chris Williams — software engineer, community builder, open source advocate. Notes on JavaScript, hardware, and people who build the web.
Most-linked posts?
- PromoteJS, Sustainability in Computer Science, and Deep Honesty2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-10-18
- How to learn Erlang (or any functional programming language) « Voodoo Tiki God2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-09-29
- NodeBots - The Rise of JS Robotics2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-13
What Hacker News says?
If you want to help promote better JS documentation, see http://promotejs.com where we are organizing an organic deep backlinking campaign to the proper MDN documentation. Results have already been made and can be tracked at http://arewefirstyet.com For further details see, http://voodootikigod.com/jsconf-eu-2010-speech
Comment linking /jsconf-eu-2010-speech
on “Enterprise Javascript is...”Submitted Why I Am Sponsoring PyCodeConf (and what it means to you, hint: cheaper tickets) as a story · 41 points
HN discussionThere is a wealth of advice from Chris Williams, creator of JSConf --> http://jsconf.com/ About three-quarters of his posts have something useful for a conference organizer. His blog: http://www.voodootikigod.com/ He's trying out something to share how its done, called "Ask A Tech Event Organizer" AATEO http://www.aateo.com/
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on “Ask HN: What are your best tips for organizing conferences?”Submitted How to learn Erlang (or any functional programming language) « Voodoo Tiki God as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our culture of change (JSConf and inclusiveness) as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Agentic Development Lifecycle as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Regional JS Speaker Directory as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted NodeBots - The Rise of JS Robotics as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kevin Smith Presents WebMachine in Alexandria, VA September 10, 2009 as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Addendum About Conference Proposals as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A JSConf Reflection as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted NodeBots – The Rise of JavaScript Robotics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ask A Tech Event Organizer (AATEO) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ask a Tech Event Organizer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted NodeBots - the Rise of JS Robotics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to learn Erlang (or any functional programming language) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I Pick Speakers for JSConf as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript: The Great Part as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to learn Erlang (or any functional programming language) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted NodeBots - The Rise of JS Robotics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted PromoteJS, Sustainability in Computer Science, and Deep Honesty as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hug a Conference Organizer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AJAX Head Design Pattern as a story · 1 points
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